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Building solidarities for just futures

Conclave brings together people’s collectives who have been defending the rights of marginalised communities

Posted on 16 Jun, 2023 08:37 PM

ActionAid Association, in its commitment to work with the most marginalized communities and to build community-led initiatives, hosted a two-day national conclave on June 9- 10, 2023, in Delhi.

The conclave highlighted the challenges and instances of marginalization that exist due to factors such as land dispossession, forced displacement, lack of access to education, healthcare, and basic amenities, and limited representation in decision-making processes. (Image: Simon Williams/Ekta Parishad; Wikimedia Commons)

Majuli Island: A tapestry of resilience and environmental harmony

Majuli serves as a symbol of both the delicate balance between human activity and the environment and the tenacity of its residents

Ekansh Gupta

Rebuild India Fund

Posted on 16 Jun, 2023 06:34 PM

The enchanting island of Majuli, nestled in the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, is not only a haven of natural beauty and cultural heritage but also a place where culture and history intertwines with environmental concerns.

Addressing various aspects of women's lives to enhance their social, economic, and political status (Image: Rebuild India Fund)

Spatial pattern and clustering of open defecation in India

The study is the first to explore the spatial variations in open defecation practise in India

Posted on 12 Jun, 2023 11:15 AM

The prevalence of open defecation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India, is one of the main barriers to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG-6) by 2030. In South and Central Asia, India is found to practise open defecation at a high rate (16%) compared to both the regional average (12%) and the global average (6%).

Due to the lack of water supply, this community toilet complex is left to rot in the village Sanarpudur (Image: IWP Flickr)

Kodagu landslide survivors' experiences

A community-involved micro-level disaster management plan to ensure a coordinated disaster relief response

Posted on 11 Jun, 2023 10:59 PM

Kodagu, a picturesque hill station nestled in the western ghats of India, faced catastrophic landslides in 2018. The cumulative rainfall in Kodagu district was 3464 mm from January 1 to August 31, 2018. It was 32% more than the average annual rainfall over the last 20 years.

Landslides have become an annual occurrence and have spread to other districts of the Western Ghats range (Image: Ashish Gupta; (CC BY 2.0))

How Indian laws are shaping the course of environmental sustainability

An in-depth exploration of environmental sustainability and the Indian legal system

Pallavi Saigal

Posted on 09 Jun, 2023 05:47 PM

Environmental sustainability is a globally recognised need that has grown in prominence over the last few decades. Defined as the judicious use of natural resources to support long-term ecological balance, environmental sustainability presents an array of complex challenges, particularly for a populous and rapidly developing nation like India.

Indian environmental jurisprudence has been significantly shaped by a series of landmark judgments (Image: Carbon Herald)

Using water games for economic gains

A field account of how playing a water game helped a remote community utilize its water resources better

Saswatik Tripathy

Kartik Chandra Prusty

Posted on 09 Jun, 2023 11:56 AM

It is rightly said that "what is measured is managed better". And we observed this happen at Sagapali village in Keonjhar district of Odisha. This village is in the Nayakote gram panchayat, and has an undulating terrain surrounded by five hillocks. It has forests around it with limited plainlands for cultivation.

Participatory gaming in the community dispels many myths and develops forums for group decision-making on the management of shared natural resources. (Image: FES)

Pune’s River Rejuvenation Project: a question of social justice

The river rejuvenation project (RRP) planned on the Mula Mutha by the PMC provides an example of how social injustice prevails in cities and how public infrastructure can be skewed towards some sections of society, argues Dr Gurudas Nulkar.

Gurudas Nulkar

Posted on 07 Jun, 2023 11:07 PM

Simply said, social justice is the fair and equal treatment of everyone who lives in a community. In the context of cities, it refers to the distribution and access to infrastructure, public goods, and services, without regard to economic status, religion, gender, or other demographic aspects of the citizens.

Construction activities along the banks of the Mula Mutha (Image Source: Jeevitnadi)

Decoding ‘just transition’ in India: The conceptual underpinnings

Just transition, as a development planning and implementation strategy, has certain non-negotiable attributes.

Sarthak Shukla

Posted on 05 Jun, 2023 10:17 PM

Planet Earth and humanity are experiencing turbulent times as climate change and induced socio-economic impacts are threatening ecology, society and the economy.

In the climate sphere, the approach of just transition aims at addressing injustices (Image: Kenueone, Pixabay)

Lived experiences of sanitation and hygiene access

Immersive research for safer sanitation in Bihar and Maharashtra

Santwana Sneha

Shankhajit Sen

Posted on 02 Jun, 2023 09:18 PM

Highlights from the study:

Children pose outside a toilet (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)

An angry river and a succumbing population

Flooding in the Northern Kosi catchment of Bihar is increasing and embankments are making it worse, increasing the risks for marginalised communities.

Posted on 31 May, 2023 05:11 PM

Highlights

Silt deposition at Kosi embankment at Navbhata near SaharsaBihar, India, in the Kosi River Basin (Image Source: CC BY 3.0 via Wikipedia)

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